off subject help with olds aurora?????

[Booreatta]

does any one out there know if the olds aurora have the TPMS, that is the tire pressure monitor system. I is part of the wheel or the valve stem and if it was even on the 2001 model year.? Any help with information on this system would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance

[Guest mongeonman]

It is an electronic transmitter they install inside the wheel,not sure if it is part of the valve,d ont think so.

[Jibby]

My 2000 Regal had the sensor on the valve. I love those things, expecially with incompetent tire-servicing personnel, and chromed aluminum wheels.

Edit: Well, the system was associated with the valve.

[Booreatta]

Jibby thanks for the reply but I still have a ? Were valve stems metal? Were the bolted on? or were they just rubber pulled thru like a regular valve stem. Were they battery powered?

My daughter just bought the car and the light is on the dash and I dont know if the sensors are missing or not? What did they look like?

Any more information would be helpful

Thanks and I promise to stop talking old now

[harry yarnell]

The transmitter is part of the valve stem. GM has had problems with these failing. Not sure how they're powered.

[Jibby]

My 2000 Regal had a reset button inside the fuse panel. I used to get the light often, but it turned out that the place that put the tires on, didn't clean the chromed aluminum wheels; the air leaked right out, slowly. Everytime I filled it up, I'd reset the light. If you have one, it'll be red, and it'll say reset on it. The button will be about the size of a fuse. You hold it down for about 5 seconds, while the car is on. However, Chevy and Pontiac products, I've noticed, don't have this convenient feature. At least the ones that I've dealth with. And the Olds Alero doesn't seem to have it either. You should look on the internet, to see how you can reset the panel... if you can easily reset it, without a handheld or the dealership.

REA Buick in Port Jervis, NY, actually showed me that trick, and a few others.

Strangely enough, the first mechanic to look at it, said all of my sensors had been stolen, and that's why it kept coming on. I later found out that he was mistaken. It doesn't have the same system as a Corvette, per say. It's actually quite simple.

The valve stem was rubber, pulled through.

I don't have the car anymore, 'cause it went through a telephone pole (thanks New Jersey drivers), but I just remember going through hell to find out how the system worked, and why the light kept coming on.

If you have a slow leak, have the wheels cleaned properly, reset the tires, with new valve stems. Reset the light, or have it reset. That should solve the problem. It's actually a pretty good system, and holds up to a lot of wear.

I assume that GM would've used the same system on vehicles of that year range.

BTW, the Olds Aurora is a good car. That "Baby Northstar" is a sick engine.

Edit: Make sure they put that splooge on the rim, to seal the tire, if you have a problem with a leak.

[Booreatta]

Thanks now I have a place to start, it would seem to be fairly simple if the sensors are still in place